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The nail in the tree : essays on art, violence, and childhood
Title
The nail in the tree : essays on art, violence, and childhood / Carol Ann Davis.
ISBN
9781946482266
1946482269
Edition
First edition.
Publication
North Adams, Massachusetts : Tupelo Press, 2020.
Physical Description
xiii, 153 pages ; 19 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Zac D2911 N1434 2020: Paperbound.
Summary
"The Nail in the Tree narrates Carol Ann Davis' experience of raising two sons in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, on the day of and during the aftermath of the shooting there. Part memoir, part art-historical treatise, these meditations lead her to explore crucial subjects, including whether childhood can itself be both violent and generative, the possibility of the integration of trauma into daily life and artistic practice, and the role of the artist."-- Publisher description.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 15, 2021
Series
Life in art series
Contents
ONE: The one I get and other artifacts: the day of the shooting, December 14, 2012
Before I get to my desk: two years after: Miklós Radnóti, Hélène Cixous
The practice of school busses and hummingbirds: in the year that comes after: Rumi, Larry Levis, Ivan Bunin
Memoir of sleep and waking: two years after: Eva Hesse
On brotherhood and crucifixion: two years before: Georgia O'Keefe, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Simone Weil
Loose thread: four years after: Paul Celan, Arshile Gorky
A covering snow: three years after: Hélène Cixous, Pablo Picasso, Guillaume Apollinaire
No sheltered world: after five years: Agnes Martin, Tomas Tranströmer
TWO: Of morning glass: becoming a swimmer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Essays.
Essays.
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Tupelo Press, publisher.
United States Massachusetts North Adams.
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